27 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2025

Fake News-Fueled Bitcoin SV Pump Reminds of Power of Chinese Investors

The recent pump of the Bitcoin SV (BSV) price comes as a reminder of the importance of the Chinese investors in the cryptoverse, even if crypto exchanges are banned in the country with population of more than 1.38 billion people.The price of Bitcoin SV, the infamous hard fork of Bitcoin Cash,...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Popular Private Key Generator Compromised, Fake Crypto Wallets Emerge

Security researchers just sent two warnings to crypto users, encouraging to move their funds from addresses generated via WalletGenerator.net after August 2018, and be extra careful when downloading a wallet app from the Google Play store."If you have used a private key generated on...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

How Cryptocurrency Scams Work

Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology tactics to swindle their marks in schemes based on digital currencies exchanged...

, by Nir Kshetri

The Bright Side of Crypto Scams

"Fraudulent activity can never really be viewed as positive but it does help in pushing regulation of these assets higher up the agenda.” Also, crypto projects are placing much more importance on their security protocols.Scams are the bane of crypto's existence. Whenever an initial coin...

, by Simon Chandler

This is How the Suspect in Theft of USD 11.4m in IOTA Was Arrested

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) has arrested a man in Oxford, UK, on suspicion of stealing around USD 11.4 million worth of cryptocurrency IOTA from a total of 85 people over the past year. The Europe-wide investigation involved state police from Hesse in Germany...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Scams: Wikipedia and Sirin Labs Founder Both Victims

Two crypto scams recently came to light in the space: one of them targets those who unknowingly download the malicious code and then visit Wikipedia, so it asks them to donate to the online encyclopedia, while the other cheated the founder of Sirin Labs, the manufacturer of the Finney blockchain...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

They’re Alive! Haven Protocol Responds to Exit Scam Accusations

Advertised as “an offshore bank in your pocket,” Haven Protocol (XHV) has a market cap of USD 2.4 million and it seemed that nobody left at home. The project, which only has two publicly listed developers who still remained anonymous, seemed to have been abandoned by both, and many were...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

XRP Falls Victim to Two Elaborate Schemes

When you’re big, you’re attractive to others - and Ripple is learning that the amusing (well, for observers at least) way these days. Ranging from a reported attempt at a hostile takeover of the XRP cryptocurrency (what?), to a ripoff coin named XRP Classic which has reportedly appeared...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Bomb ‘Hoax’ Appears to Have Failed Spectacularly

Companies in English-speaking countries all over the world have reportedly received bomb threats from people claiming to have planted explosive devices in recipients’ buildings – which they will only refrain from detonating should they receive USD 20,000 in Bitcoin.Police forces across...

, by Tim Alper

There Shall Be a Reckoning: Paying for Crypto Hype Crimes

Since the biggest wave of the crypto hype seems to have passed (other than checking whether Bitcoin is dead), it seems that ‘tis the season of paying for the sins committed at the peak of the hype train. The authorities are now cracking down on what is judged to be bad practice, like the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Initiative Q Saga Offers Crypto Important Lessons

Initiative Q is not a cryptocurrency. "No buyer will join a new payment network with no sellers, and no seller will offer a new payment option that no buyer uses."Initiative Q hasn't even been launched yet, but it already has a reputation. Founded by former PayPal, the online payments giant,...

, by Simon Chandler

Bitcoin Scammers Failed to Profit from Attack on Google

After US retail giant Target had been hit by a bitcoin giveaway scam on Tuesday, on the same day Google fell victim to the same type of attack. However, this time the scammers left empty-handed. According to a screenshot, shared by the the Twitter user @B_u_r_t_o_n “Google” had...

, by Fredrik Vold

Retail Giant Target Hacked by Bitcoin Scammers

Target, American retail giant, was briefly hacked on Twitter by Bitcoin scammers who pushed malicious Bitcoin giveaway links to its almost two million followers. The tweet promises 5,000 BTC to the community in exchange for a “small fee” of 0.2 to 4 BTC - the usual scam that’s too...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

One Twitter Crypto Scammer Collected USD 180,000 in 24h

Elon Musk, the mastermind behind companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, seems to be a beloved figure in the world of crypto scammers on Twitter. Now, an account named Pantheon Books that has a “verified” badge seems to have been hacked and had their screen name changed to Elon Musk before...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Anonymous ICO Founder Reportedly Stole Funds & Disappeared

Have you invested in a crypto project that has an anonymous founder? What could possibly go wrong?The founder and chief architect of the Oyster Protocol has breached the project’s smart contract in order to create 3 million PRL tokens, which he immediately sold on cryptocurrency exchange...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Canadian Exchange Claims It Lost Funds, Customers Suspect Exit Scam

In what appears to be one of the worst handlings of a crypto exchange crisis we have seen to date, MapleChange, a relatively small crypto exchange based in Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday announced that “someone have managed to withdraw all funds from our exchange,” adding that “until...

, by Fredrik Vold

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